mill
- n.磨坊;工厂;磨粉机;面粉厂;制造厂;磨面机
- vt.(用磨粉机)碾碎，磨成粉
复数： mills 过去式： milled 现在分词： milling 过去分词： milled 第三人称单数： mills
millnoun
磨坊；面粉厂
a building fitted with machinery for grinding grain into flour
工厂；制造厂
a factory that produces a particular type of material
a cotton/cloth/steel/paper mill
纱 / 纺织 / 钢 / 造纸厂
mill owners/workers
工厂主；工人
磨粉机；磨面机
a small machine for crushing or grinding a solid substance into powder
a pepper mill
胡椒研磨机
to have or make sb have a difficult time
something that is useful to sb for a particular purpose
政界的性丑闻对通俗小报总是多多益善。
Political sex scandals are all grist to the mill of the tabloid newspapers.
These are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.以上各词均指工厂、车间、工场、制造厂。
a building or group of buildings where goods are made 指工厂、制造厂：
a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory
巧克力厂；香烟厂；制衣厂
a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place 指发电厂、工厂：
a nuclear power plant
核电厂
a manufacturing plant
制造厂
a factory that produces a particular type of material 指（生产特定材料的）工厂、制造厂：
a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill
棉纺厂；造纸厂；纺织厂；毛纺厂
(often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place （常构成复合词）指工厂、制造厂：
a brickworks
砖厂
a steelworks
炼钢厂
Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.
原材料由驳船运到工厂。
(usually in compounds) an area of land used for building sth （通常构成复合词）指建造某物的区域、场地：
a shipyard
船坞
a room or building in which things are made or repaired using tools or machinery 指车间、工场、作坊：
a car repair workshop
汽车修理厂
a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects 指铸造厂、玻璃厂：
an iron foundry
铸铁厂
mill
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N-COUNT 磨坊;磨粉厂
A mill is a building in which grain is crushed to make flour. -
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N-COUNT 磨粉机;碾磨器
A mill is a small device used for grinding something such as coffee beans or pepper into powder....a pepper mill.
胡椒碾磨器
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N-COUNT (制造加工钢材、羊毛、棉花等的)工厂
A mill is a factory used for making and processing materials such as steel, wool, or cotton....a steel mill.
钢铁厂
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VERB (用磨粉机)碾碎，磨碎(麦子、胡椒等)
To mill something such as wheat or pepper means to grind it in a mill.They mill 1,000 tonnes of flour a day in every Australian state.
澳大利亚各州每天都要磨1,000吨面粉。
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See also:milling;rolling mill;run-of-the-mill;watermill. grist to the mill
noun
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- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- Synonym: grind pulverization pulverisation
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- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- Synonym: factory manufacturing plant manufactory
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- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- Synonym: grinder milling machinery
verb
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- grind with a mill
- mill grain
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- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
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- produce a ridge around the edge of
- mill a coin
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- move about in a confused manner
- Synonym: mill about mill around
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He sauntered along the river to the mill .
他沿着河边漫步走到磨坊。
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We watched the logs floating towards the mill .
我们看着木头朝磨坊漂去。
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The old mill is now little more than a ruin .
老磨坊现在只剩下一点残垣断壁了。
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I had to fight my way through the milling crowd .
我不得不在涌动的人潮中挤出一条路来。
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The law prevented the employment of children under ten in the cotton mills .
法律禁止棉纺厂雇用十岁以下的童工。
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Fans were milling around outside the hotel .
追星族在酒店外徘徊。
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He had to weave his way through the milling crowds .
他不得不在来回乱转的人群中穿梭而行。
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The steel mill was dismantled piece by piece .
钢厂已经一块块拆散了。
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He was tall , dark and handsome , like a Mills and Boon hero .
他个头高大、皮肤黝黑、相貌堂堂，像通俗爱情小说的男主角。
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Political sex scandals are all grist to the mill of the tabloid newspapers .
政界的性丑闻对通俗小报总是多多益善。
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The mill was finally shut down by state safety inspectors .
工厂终于遭国家安全检查员关闭了。
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Every night you could hear the whistles of the steel mill .
每晚你都会听见炼钢厂的下班哨声。
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Sulfur emissions from steel mills become acid rain .
炼钢厂排放出的硫形成了酸雨。
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His father worked shifts in a steel mill .
他父亲是一家炼钢厂的轮班工人。
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They mill 1,000 tonnes of flour a day in every Australian state .
澳大利亚各州每天都要磨1,000吨面粉。
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Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof
工厂里四处都立有铁柱支撑着房顶。
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Raw-steel production by the nation 's mills decreased 2.1 % last week
上周该国钢铁厂的原钢产量下降了2.1%。
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Before sentence was passed , Mr Mills escaped from jail .
在宣判前，米尔斯先生越狱了。
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He met mill hands , miners and farm labourers .
他见过工厂工人、矿工和农场工人。
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The women who worked in these mills had begun to agitate for better conditions .
在这些工厂里做工的妇女们开始抗议要求改善工作条件。
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It was James Mill who was the best publicist for utilitarian ideas on government .
詹姆斯·米尔是政府功利主义思想的最具代表性的人物。
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They milled around the ballroom with video cameras .
他们扛着摄像机在舞厅里转来转去。
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They moved purposefully through the milling crowd .
他们穿过乱哄哄的人群时目的明确，行动坚决。
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There is , it seems , some bad blood between Mills and the Baldwins .
米尔斯和鲍德温一家人好像有些不和。
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The Washington rumour mill suggests that the president secured his narrow majority only by promising all sorts of concessions .
华盛顿的谣言工厂暗示总统是在承诺作出种种让步后才获得微弱多数票的。
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Maurice Murphy , one of the country 's leading classical trumpeters , learnt his craft with the Black Dyke Mills band .
作为该国最著名的古典小号演奏家，莫里斯·墨菲曾师从黑堤磨坊铜管乐团。
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Mills was regimental colonel .
米尔斯当过团长。
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The paper mill is run by a young man .
这家造纸厂是由一个年轻人经营的。
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Cotton cloth is made in a cotton mill .
棉布是由棉纺厂生产的。
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There is a textile mill round the corner .
街角处有家纺织厂。
指使用机器设备大批量制造产品的工厂。
My mother used to work in a clothing factory.
我母亲以前在一家服装厂工作。
Mary works in a food factory.
玛丽在一家食品厂工作。
指生产棉纱、布匹、钢铁等材料的工厂。
There is a textile mill round the corner.
街角处有家纺织厂。
The paper mill is run by a young man.
这家造纸厂是由一个年轻人经营的。
指发电厂或进行工业生产的工厂。
There is a power plant nearby.
附近有一家发电厂。
This college has a large manufacturing plant.
这所大学有一个大型制造厂。
泛指工厂，常和其他词构成复合词。
There was an ironworks in the centre of the city before.
过去在市中心有一家炼铁厂。
The brick works that bought this batch of equipment is located near the railway station.
购进这批设备的砖厂位于火车站附近。
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